The doll is modeled after Zendaya's red carpet look from the Oscars last February, draped in a replica of the starlet's Vivienne Westwood gown. It also features the starlet's faux dreadlocks, about which an E! personality made some critical comments.

"I feel like she smells like patchouli oil and weed," said E!'s Giuliana Rancic of Zendaya's faux dreadlocks.

The actress posted a happy side by side photo of her doll and her Oscar look on her own account.

"When I was little I couldn't find a Barbie that looked like me, my...how times have changed," she wrote in the caption. "Thank you @barbie for this honor and for allowing me to be apart of your diversification and expansion of the definition of beauty."

Shelby Swain, the hair stylist responsible for Zendaya's dreadlocks at the Oscars, posted a photo of the new doll on her own account, writing that the designers did "an amazing job" emulating the hair style.